Date: 25th August, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with light showers.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the west at 7 mph or 11 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.7 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 143.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 155.8 mm.
Sunset today: 6:20 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southwest and south near 7 mph or 11 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Generally cloudy skies with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 2:59 pm…High at 10:06 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 1:00 pm…Low at 04:26 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves up to 3 feet or 0.9 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered moderate to heavy showers, periods of rain and isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands. Elsewhere, partly cloudy skies with a few light showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Light and variable winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles during the next couple of days.
Moisture and instability associated with an area of low pressure located just east of the Lesser Antilles, will continue to cause cloudiness with showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.
A low pressure system associated with a tropical wave, located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near latitude 21.8 North, Longitude 67.8 west or about 215 miles or 340 kilometres east of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Franklin is moving toward the east-southeast near 5 mph or 7 km/h and does not pose a threat to the Lesser Antilles.